十二个月在英语中的故事
<p><span word="January">January</span></p><p><span word="January">January</span> is named after the Roman god Janus, who presided over doors and beginnings - appropriately enough, for the beginning of the year (though this is, as you will discover, not as straightforward as it seems). Indeed, Janus was usually depicted with two faces looking backwards and forwards, as is often characteristic of a new year; this also gave rise to the term Janus word for words that have two opposite meanings.</p><p><span word="February">February</span></p><p><span word="February">February</span> is ultimately based on Latin februarius, from februa. In case that's not helped things become clearer, februa was the name of a purification feast held on the 15th of this month. <span word="February">February</span> is a divisive issue in modern pronunciation, with both Feb-yoo-ary and Feb-roo-ary being commonly heard.</p><p><span word="March">March</span></p><p>Which god gets a planet and a month named after him? You've guessed it: Mars. Why him? As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, 'In ancient Rome several festivals of Mars took place in <span word="March">March</span>, presumably in preparation for the campaigning season, since Mars was a god of war.'</p><p><span word="April">April</span></p><p>We know that the English word <span word="April">April</span> comes from the Latin <span word="April">April</span>lis, the fourth month of the ancient Roman calendar, but things are less clear after that. In Old English, <span word="April">April</span> was also sometimes called Eastermonab, 'Easter month'.</p>
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